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Book Title: Marble Faun
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.4 in
Topic: Literary
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Author: Nathanial Hawthorne
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
